地中海的衰落(美国国家科学院、美国历史学会推荐作品!从史前3000年到罗马灭亡,见证文明的冲突与融合!展示近代西方重大考古发现!)

The Mediterranean is the most ancient ocean on the planet and also the most reputable homestead and battlefield on the journey of human civilization. Ancient ancestors in Europe created brilliant Mediterranean civilization during nearly 4,000 years. After the decline of Rome, Western Europe entered into the Dark Ages featuring cultural desolation and material poverty. To see the renaissance of western civilization, Mankind waited for 1,400 years. The development of civilization is a long journey. Whether flourishing or declining, it is a force pushing human progress. However, the decline of western civilization in the Dark Ages is not a retrogression of human civilization but only a new beginning in the silence of thought and substance. For details, please see The Decline of the Mediterranean authored by James Henry Breasted.